Washington, D.C.—In response to comments made today by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he supports sending terrorism suspects to Guantanamo Bay and the military commissions proceedings against 9/11 suspects, Human Rights First’s Daphne Eviatar has issued the following statement:

“The problem with the military commissions over the last 15 years isn't that the Obama Administration allowed ‘legal complications,’ but that the military has no experience or expertise trying terrorism cases, and that military commission law has no precedent to serve as a guide.”

“Attorney General Sessions can study the problem, but he's not going to find a more efficient and credible way to prosecute terrorism suspects than in the constitutionally created U.S. federal court system.”